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Masjid & Its Etiquette

952 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Masjid & Its Etiquette, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.

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Mufti Online418Ask Imaam376Ibn Masood70Azaadville50Jamiat KZN19Camperdown12MUBZ4DU Zakariyya2Amjadi1

Masjid & Its Etiquette fatawa — page 13 of 24

  1. Mufti Online30 Dec 2015

    Moving the Imaam's musalla a few saffs back when the crowd is less

    Is it permissible to move the Imaam's musalla a few saffs back when the crowd is less and move it closer to the mihraab when the crowd is big?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  2. Mufti Online30 Dec 2015

    Reserving a specific place for someone in the musjid

    1. Can one reserve a specific place for someone in the musjid? Will the ruling be different if one reserves a place for a senior person? 2. If one…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  3. Mufti Online30 Dec 2015

    Crossing in front of people performing Salaah in the Musjid

    Is it permissible for one to cross in front of people performing Salaah in the Musjid?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  4. Jamiat KZN11 Dec 2015

    Can Masjid Waqf Property be sold?

    Is it permissible to sell a masjid building and purchase a new one because of the congregation is getting too big for the masjid?

  5. Ask Imaam9 Dec 2015

    A Musjid is Waqf. A Waqf property belongs to Allah (Ta’ala). That includes a Musjid.

    Is it permissible to sell a masjid building and purchase a new one because of the congregation is getting too big for the masjid? Please provide the…

    Ismail Desai
  6. Mufti Online8 Dec 2015

    Calling out the Azaan in the Musjid

    Is calling out the Azaan inside the musjid still makrooh-e-tanzihi when there is a loudspeaker being used?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  7. Mufti Online19 Nov 2015

    Taking one's daughter to the Musjid

    I would like to ask whether it is permissible for me to take my four year daughter to mosque?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  8. Mufti Online18 Nov 2015

    Tahiyyatul musjid

    When praying our fard salat in the musjid, I was told that we can have the intention of tahiyyatul musjid included in the fard salaah or the sunnahs…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  9. Mufti Online14 Nov 2015

    Performing Salaah at home

    Is is okay for men to pray at home?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  10. Mufti Online11 Nov 2015Roman Urdu

    Khwaab me musjid ku giry huwe dekhna

    Me ne musjid ko girty huy dekha he owr gumbad bi gira lakin wo tota nahi tha.

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  11. Mufti Online11 Nov 2015

    Tahiyyatul Musjid and Tahiyyatul wudhu

    Which should be read first, Tahiyyatul Musjid or Tahiyyatul wudhu?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  12. Mufti Online11 Nov 2015

    Contaminated Musjid property

    I work in the contaminated land and groundwater sector. A question was posed to me "If the land of the musjid is contaminated, is the land deemed to…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  13. Mufti Online10 Nov 2015

    Where should the Mu'azzin stand in the Musjid when calling out the Iqaamah

    On which side of the Imaam should the Mu'azzin call out the Iqaamah? Should he stand on the right side or on the left side of the Imaam?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  14. Mufti Online10 Nov 2015

    Reciting the duas when making wudhu in a joint toilet and bathroom

    1) A person has a bathroom with toilet shower etc in one room. If he makes wudhu in the shower cubicle, with the transparent glass between him and…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  15. Mufti Online7 Nov 2015

    Urine from the child's diaper leaking in the haram

    I was doing umrah last Thursday with my husband and kids. When I offering salaah in safa marwa I saw some water. That time I was not sure whether it…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  16. Mufti Online31 Oct 2015

    Dreaming of a Musjid

    I have seen a mosque in my dream. I had my sandals in my hand and offering prayer.

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  17. Mufti Online24 Oct 2015

    Dispute with the Musjid commity regarding the Musjid boundary

    We have an issue at home, we have a property of Musjid shareef (shops and darsgah) on one side of our house. At that time they put windows and part…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  18. Mufti Online22 Oct 2015

    Women going to the Musjid

    I have heard that Women are now allowed to go to Mosque. 1) What is the Islamic law for Ladies to going to the Mosque? 2) Why Rasulullah (Sallallahu…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  19. Mufti Online21 Oct 2015

    Making an announcement in the Musjid regarding the sighting of the moon

    Can announcing the sighting of the new moon in the masaajid be considered a bidah. For the month of Ramadhaan and for both Eids I would think that…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  20. Mufti Online15 Oct 2015

    Performing Salaah in the Musjid

    Is prayer in musjid obligatory? There is a hadeeth which says something like prayer not being accepted if you hear the azaan and don't go to the…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  21. Mufti Online6 Oct 2015

    Dreaming of old Musjids

    In my dream many a times I see old mosques (like old or pattharwali Masjid are in india). I see Howz (wudu khana), I see water in it. Often I see…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  22. Mufti Online5 Oct 2015Roman Urdu

    Musjid-e-Nabawi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) me bethna khwaab me

    Mujhe raat me ese khawab ate ki me masjide Nabawi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) me betha hu or mere aspas bhut log he or waqt be waqt mujhe itr ki…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  23. Ask Imaam14 Sep 2015

    Is it allowed to stipulate someone as a committee member of the masjid based on tribe/sect?

    A masjid constituion has a stipulation to the effect that to be a paid member or a member of the committee one must be Hanafi and follow the…

    Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim
  24. Mufti Online10 Sep 2015

    Granting a reward to the person who raises the most amount of money

    Does the prophetic way allow for raising of funds for a Madrassah or Masjid by stating that the person raising the most funds will win an all…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  25. Mufti Online7 Sep 2015

    Complaining to the trustees regarding the Imaam

    An imam of a small jamaat khana is often not there for salaah, for many days on end not there for Fajr and sometimes other salaah. Would it be…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  26. Mufti Online1 Sep 2015

    Hermaphrodite going to the Musjid for Salaah

    Can a mukhannat hijda (enuch) offer salah at moqsue?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  27. Mufti Online29 Aug 2015

    Teaching in the Musjid for a salary

    Can an ustaad teach hifz in a masjid when he dose not receive payment directly from the students but the students pay madressa fee's to the…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  28. Mufti Online25 Aug 2015

    What should be taken into consideration when building a Musjid

    My question is, is there a ruling regarding what distance should a musjid be from a residential area when building a musjid or can it be built at…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  29. Ask Imaam23 Aug 2015

    Using interest for construction of toilets for the Masjid

    Can I use money generated from bank interest for the construction of toilet in Masjid?

    Abdullah ibn Mohammed Aijaz
  30. Mufti Online18 Aug 2015

    Living at a distance from the Musjid

    In todays measurements of kilometers, what is the minimum distance a person has to be from the musjid for salaah to become fard on him in the…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  31. Mufti Online4 Aug 2015

    Living at a distance from the Musjid

    I live just more than 4.9 km from the nearest Masjid. Am I sinful in not attending the Masjid for Salaah?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  32. Mufti Online4 Aug 2015

    Teaching English in an Islamic classroom

    I am a student and in our village teachers were teaching students in the building which was unsafe and village committee couldn't find any building…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  33. Ask Imaam26 Jun 2015

    Is it permissible to pray in a Masjid that is farther than your local Masjid because its Imam follows your Madhab?

    I would like to have your views on the following issue in light of Quran and Hadith. Nowadays we are seeing many Mosques being built due to…

    Sohail ibn Arif
  34. Mufti Online25 May 2015

    Performing Salaah on a musalla which has the picture of Musjid ul Haraam

    Is it permissible to perfrom Salaah on a Musalllah which has a 'picture' of Musjid ul Haraam or would it be disrespectful?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  35. Mufti Online5 May 2015

    Performing a second jamaat in the Musjid

    1. Is it true that it is Makruh according to the Hanafi Madhab to perform a second Jum'ah Jamat in a Masjid where the main Jamat has already taken…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  36. Mufti Online29 Apr 2015

    Tahiyyatul musjid

    In the English translation of Behishti Zewar, Heavenly Ornaments, it says under 'The time of Salaat', 'Rules Related to the Times of Salaat', that:…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  37. Mufti Online28 Apr 2015

    Removing a poster from the musalla notice board

    The 'Al Baraka Bank' had put up a big poster on the note board of a Jamaat Khana. It was a job advertisement, supposedly aimed at the students…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  38. Mufti Online28 Apr 2015

    Screaming and shouting in the Musjid

    Is it allowed in a Musjid for someone to recite loudly a naat or nazam and people to start screaming and chanting. The screaming is literally…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  39. Ask Imaam15 Apr 2015

    Contributing on behalf of myself and others for a Masjid Construction

    Sir there an ongoing construction in a Masjid I would like to contribute on behalf of myself, my wife(she is a house-wife) and from my Parents. So…

    Immad Bin Arshad
  40. Mufti Online15 Apr 2015

    Building a Musjid

    Is common plot lawful to build a Musjid on?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee

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